I started watching before I even went to school and now I am 62. My mom was so addicted to soaps when we were on vacation we had to stop and get a room before As the World Turns and GL came on so I traveled very early morning hours. She died at age 75 and I can't remember a single day she didn't see those two soaps in my lifetime. My son is 11 and he can name every person on ATWT and GL. My daughter is 45 and she can also.